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United States Patent | 5,134,427 |
Akiyama ,   et al. | July 28, 1992 |
A recording apparatus comprises a recording unit for recording information onto a recording medium, a feeder for feeding the recording medium to the recording unit, a detector between the recording unit and the feeder for detecting the recording medium being fed, and a controller for inhibiting the recording operation of the recording unit when the detector detects the recording medium before the elapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the feeding operation of the feeder.
Inventors: | Akiyama; Satoshi (Yokohama, JP); Hori; Kenjiro (Yokohama, JP); Nakahara; Takashi (Kawasaki, JP); Kuramochi; Yoshimi (Yokohama, JP); Yoshimoto; Toshio (Tokyo, JP); Masuda; Shunichi (Kawasaki, JP) |
Assignee: | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Appl. No.: | 578673 |
Filed: | September 7, 1990 |
Sep 08, 1989[JP] | 1-231362 |
Current U.S. Class: | 347/153; 347/133; 399/371 |
Intern'l Class: | G01D 015/06; G03G 021/00 |
Field of Search: | 355/316,317 346/153.1 |
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